Vol. 2 has engraved t.p.: The genera vermium of Linnaeus : part 2, exemplified by several of the rarest and most elegant subjects in the orders of the Testacea, Lithophyta, and Zoophyta animalia ..

Vol. 1 was published separately in 1783

Some plates are hand-colored

Each vol. has an added t.p., engraved, and includes a list of subscribers

Vol. 2 has imprint: London: Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by J. Barbut, March 1st, 1788, and sold by B. White & Son ..

Includes index

ESTC

BM (NH)

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SCNHRB has 2 copies

SCNHRB c. 1 (39088006405070) has 2 pts. bound in 1 v

SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplate Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Bequest of S. Stillman Berry; with his stamp

SCNHRB c. 1 is the gift of Clyde Roper

SCNHRB c. 1 has ms. inscription of J. Griffiths on added engraved t.p., pt. 1

SCNHRB c. 1 has plain old leather binding with gilt-tooled spine, raised bands

SCNHRB c. 2 (v.1: 39088011499647; v.2: 39088011698644) has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of Dr. Frederick M. Bayer

SCNHRB c. 2 has Bayer's monogram stamp on verso of t.p.'s

SCNHRB c. 2 has bookdealer's description laid-in, ms. signature of John Gurney Earlham on front free endpaper of vol. 1. Bookplate of Joseph John Gurney (v. 1) and armorial bookplate of Thomas Ferguson (v. 2)

SCNHRB c. 2 has vol. 1 half-bound in calf and marbled paper over boards, vol. 2 in tree calf binding

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